Suspenders



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A. BERNSTEIN.

SUSPENDERS.

No. 372.1196'. Patented-0ct-25, 1887.

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, strip, B, of suitable material, such as leather.

p UNITED STATES PATENT ADoLrn BERNsTEiN, oE NEW YORK, N. Y.-

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,196, dated @ctober 25, 1857.

Application filed September 1, 1887. Serial No. 248.532. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ADoLPn BEENsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedv new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the `following is, a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Suspenders by which the durability of the lsuspender is increased, as set forth in the following specification and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View ot a pair ot' suspenders with an attachment, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section in the planev x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the manner of forming an at- Fig. 4 is asect-ion in the `plane y y, Fig.` 3. Fig. 5 shows a modification. Fig. 6 is a section in the plane z'z, Fig. 5.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

. In the drawings, the letters A indicate snspender-straps, to which is secured a looped The suspenderends D are secured to the strip B by a ring` or eye, C. To prevent the ring C from chafing the strip B, a strengtheningplate, E, is secured to the strip at it loop. The edges F ofthe plate E are bent over or made to grip the strip B, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. Said plate protects the strip B against the ring C, so that said stripB is not worn or injured by the ring, which would tend to render the suspender inefcient. The plate E is secured to the strip B, as seen in Fig. 3, and the strip and plateare then bent to the form shown in Fig. 2. f

In Fig. lv the ends D are secured to the ring C and the straps A are secured to the strip B. Of conrse,if desired, the ends D `muy be secured to the strip B, as seen inFigs. 5 and 6. Fig. l shows a convenient way of securing the rear suspender-ends D, and Fig. 5 shows a convenient way of securing the front suspender-ends D. l

Vhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An attachment for connecting suspenderends with Suspenders, consisting of the ring C, the flexible strip B, of leather or other material,looped through the ring, and the strength- V ching-plate E, passing through the ring and clamped upon the looped part of the flexible strip, and having its side edges, F, turned around the opposite edges of the said strip, and on which turned edges the ring bears, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH BERNSTEIN. [L s] Witnesses:

W. C. HAUEE, E. F. KAs'rENHUEER. 

